I second Gavin's comment about Phil's play today, definitely better than yesterday and he seems to be a nice chap, too. However, the odd letters round was on the weak side, yet thought his numbers were very solid, and nearly missed a couple of them, too. As for Emma, well, yep it was never to be, but it was nice to see some variety ( get what I did ) on the show.
My scores for today:
Me:118-82 (Phil)
Me:118-7(Emma) (STRESSY being the word which avoided her from getting Nul Points)

This is the first time for a while I've wanted to be really disparaging about the ability of a contestant... but she is, so far, bloody hopeless.

I'm guessing that Emma may have been the reserve contestant they needed to bring in after Bradley octoed and they needed an extra person for the session. Still, she quite narrowly escaped a single-digit score here.

Quite impressive play from Phil, who scored over 90% of the max. If he keeps playing like he has been, especially on the numbers, he may even make it into Series 78.

I'm guessing that Emma may have been the reserve contestant they needed to bring in after Bradley octoed and they needed an extra person for the session. Still, she quite narrowly escaped a single-digit score here

Feasible I guess, but I would have thought that such a player would be in the last episode of the day.

If she was called in at short notice though, that would certainly be a mitigating factor. I mean, people who only get to play when they do because of people finishing an octorun are always shit

I'm guessing that Emma may have been the reserve contestant they needed to bring in after Bradley octoed and they needed an extra person for the session. Still, she quite narrowly escaped a single-digit score here.

I should be able to remember if she was in the green room or not, with her pink hair! A reserve contestant is usually local, unlike Emma.

I know it's a bit late, but did anyone notice that Phil kept looking back and forth at the clock during the last 10 seconds of the conundrum?? Almost like he was waiting for a signal, or deliberately holding off to give Emma a chance